This is a build it kit. Looks like everything fits very well. I’ll have to sand the wood a little, then stain and seal it in dark walnut. I’ll also brown the barrel as I think it will look more period correct than a blued barrel.
Now, I’m sure you’re asking. Will it really shoot? How big is it, can’t really tell from the pictures… I picked up a round ball mold and cast some .69 caliber round balls. Pure lead, the dime is for size reference.
Today I got an Email letting me know my cannon fuse shipped. I’m really looking forward to finishing this project. My goal is to build a larger-scale cannon. I found a place that sells 1/2 scale cannon barrels. As well as 2/3 scale. I would like to build the 1/2 scale. The carriage will take some time and a lot of work. The final cost should come in around $2k. That’s going to have to wait and move slow.
Five coats later, the barrel is browned. I thought about doing another coat but decided I wanted a bit more rustic just got off the ship that was in battel look.
order some 90k psi chromoly tubing 4 inch diameter by 3/8 wall thickness, weld a 1 inch thick plug on end and drill a fuse hole, build a carriage out of steel plate, load her up and wake up the whole county and then get raided by LE…sounds like fun. A guy on YT has been using a cannon shooting spears to kill wild hogs…
I do have future plans of building either a 1/2 scale, or a 5/8 scale cannon. Might even go full scale if the price is right. I can get barrels, just need to finish them and build a carriage.
There used to be a company called “Cannon Mania” that had the most incredible offerings. Mortors that fit bowling balls, original CW & Napoleonic cannon. But something went amiss and they or someone using the name around 2006 became evil.
They had a semi-scale cannon that was designed to shoot a 5.5 ounce V8 juice can filled with concrete that an acquaintance nearby bought and I had the great pleasure to be at a shoot where he used it. MAN did I want one of those!
Cannons are definitely neat.
A fellow I know made one that shoots bowling balls
Eghads.
Years ago, there was a show on public tv with a couple of eccentrics that scowered a local junk yard for project ideas.
They came up with a cannon that shot weighted pop cans.
Instead of powder it used gasoline and a spark plug to launch the cans.
Very cool, indeed.
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